spartan
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“That’s relieving to the market,” said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Spartan Capital Securities.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026
After being consulted by the referee, it appears Tom Izzo asks former Spartan, Paul Davis, to leave his seat.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026
This broke down by degrees, critically in the Sicilian Expedition of 415-413 B.C., when Athens tried and failed to annex Syracuse, a Spartan ally.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Xenophon’s “Hellenica” carries the story to 404 B.C., when Athens surrendered and the Spartan general Lysander’s men demolished its Long Walls “to the music of flute-girls.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Major de Coverley, a Spartan in adversity, did not flinch once throughout the whole hideous ordeal.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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